... kBERDEEN TOWN COUNCIL. -~ - -I t) nd The monthly moeeting of the Town Council Ps(Municipal Department) was held yesterday afterno.j tag' In th e absence Of Lord Provost Esslemont, I`~l Billie Donald presided. The other members t tisprint-nt 'vee -C Bailies M1acdonald, Rs Hunter, CC Walkr ',Dea of uil Sanste, MesrsFindlay, I tearns, Ogilvie, Graham, Pyper, Croll, Duff, G ordon, John Gray, GUil, ...

... ROSE; SHAMROCK, AND THISTLE. le put. The rose, the shlamrockl and the thistle have their sunm t.e proper place in blazoning the royal aenievement of ae h England, 'and they appear wherever royal heraldry is jO called in to furnish an appropriate decoration or a sig- tot: lenificant symbol. Side by' aide with this formal em- sirs leployffen~t of them they have a popular use as national the a ...

... STRANDING OF A DOMINION LDQER, A telegram received in Liverpool states that Kz Mississippi and Dominion steamer Brooldyn, on a voyage from Portland to Liverpool, is ashore, full of water. The Brooklyn was a large steamer of 3500 tons, and had left Portland on April 5th on her re- turn to Liverpool. SUPPOSED WRECK OF A STEAMER. A telegram from- ,lovds' agents at Lisbon just received states that ...

... , AN OUTRAG4EOUS WAY OF FIRST-FOOTING. . I-. . I, SERTOUS CHAnGE AGAIH ST FARM-SERVANTS. r Yesterday two respectable looking young men, named Charles Forbes and William Duncan, employed as farm rervants at Toldyquhill, in the parish of I Strathdon, were brought before Sheriff Comrie Thom- k son at Aberdeen, charged with four offences of a c serious nature. In the first place, the accas- d were ...

... AGRICULTURIE. 1)TS,'3RS1ON OF THE MAINS OF KII.Y POLLED HERD. This very old herd, the name of whlich is so familiar to breeders in Aberdeenshire, was yesterday diPeasid mnder the hamarcaof Yessrs Blacdonald & Fraser at 'their extensive auction miart at Perth. There Vwasa consider3blegathering of gentlemen, including a i auamber from a wide circle-of country. Amongst the gentlemen ve observed ...

... - ELGIN AND LOSSIEMOUTHlAMBOUP I : ''COMPANY. - Yesterday the ordinary general meeting of the share- - holders of this company was held in the old Court- ' house, Elgin-Ex-Provost Cameron chairman. Also : present-Captain Grant, Glen-Grant; Provost Black; - r Ir. Gatherer, solicitor; Mr Walker, Kintrae; Mr - E. Brander, Lossiernouth; and MIr Morrison, solicitor. - Mr Allan, clerk, and Mtr ...

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... CROFTERS' COMkMISSION., Ad -r.t - : Toermeonty, MULL, Friday. The -violent gale andl heavy rainfall which swept '. across the island of Mutll yesterday has givenillace to- the day to bright sunshine, and the passage of the North pre -Star from Buonassan to Tehermory, a distance Of :30 1Fal emiles, wgs accomplished -early this morning with much ton 5moss facilityvand comfort than anticipated. ...

... THE RAILWAY SERVANTS AGITATION. , On Saturday night a meeting of signalmen on tbw f North British Railway was held in Buchanan's Hotel, s Edinburgh. There were about 60 men present. i Several of the speakers stated that they received pay- hh meat for 13 shifts a fortnight, but when they worked r I more, which they frequently did, they got nothina extra,. One of the men said that he worked 14 ...

... XtIT3 SCHOOL BO2D Oa Thurrsda evening, a mestink of the Keith Schoel noar' was held in the Combined Schools, Keith- )Ir Geddes Brown Chairman. There were also prescrnt- I Rev. Ivlr Youngson, Mr Petrie Hay, Mr A. S. George, Mr Join Fraser, Rev. George Robb, and Xr Thomas Wilson. Mdr Fraser said he did not think the clerk wes war i ranted in sending to the Department the minutes of a meeting ...

... fBlURGH ROAD TRUST. . A meeting of the Aberdeen Burgh Road Trusttes was id held yesterday aftermoon-Col, Cadenheadl presiding. is OLSARIING TRAMWAY LINES OF SNOW. in The Clerk read a communication from thle Aber- deen Tramway Company, in refe-rence to a letter ilwhich was received by the Rjad Trust, anid transmitted to the Tramway Company, complaining S.of the manner in which the tramway limes ...

... ANDERSO N'S INSTITUTION, ELGIN. and Last night a speciad meeting oF the Elgin Town ,sad' Council was held for the purposo of corsidering the s outline of draft soheme about to be submitted by thic Nln trustees of A- dersont's Institution, to the Educational Mar ent EndOwnlent Commissioners. Provost Black presided, on m nI i i there was a large attendance of the publim who, by id | their ...